SHOCKING: LTO SURPRISE VIOLATIONS


LTO Violation Ticket


Just this first week of January I have to visit our nearest Land Transportation Office for renewing my vehicle registration. I am not a frequent visitor in our local LTO office but as require once in every year, and being an owner of a motorized vehicle, I am required to renew my registration. Every year i have no problems during my registration process, but this year shocked the wits out of me. After passing my filled out form on the first window of the process, my papers were returned to me accompanied by a very shocking find that I had an Alarm (That's what they told me "Sir you have an alarm") It only means one thing in LTO vocabulary, "Violation". I followed it up to the violations section, only to find out that the violation was made on "January 14, 2010" Shock hit me, that's a friggin "2 Years Ago Violation", I didn't even know how that happened, was it me or was it my dad who was driving that time. All I know is that it's freaking insane.

But its the law, and I paid P477 pesos for it so that I could finish my registration within the day. After a couple of hours not to mention the 30 minute interval that I have to wait for the violation to be removed, and the fact that every year during January registrations doesn't have validation stickers available. So, a law is a law and no man is above the law (except those who knows what they are doing) we respect in our beloved country.

So, to help you guys a bit here is a small tip before you go an get yourself brushed out for money during renewal of registration:

To know if you have current violations and vehicle information:

TEXT:     
LTO(space)VEHICLE(space)PLATE NUMBER
SEND TO 2600

To get vehicle details, text:
LTO VEHICLE <plate number with no spaces> to 2600
To get license details:, text:
LTO LICENSE <license number with no spaces> to 2600
For motor vehicle transactions, text:
LTO MV to 2600
For driver’s license and other permit transactions, text:
LTO DL to 2600
For a menu of LTO’s services, text:
LTO HELP to 2600
Or visit:  
www.lto.gov.ph
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